Insulated-wire-saturating machine.



P. A. NEHR|NG. INSULATED WIR E SATURATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'ILED AUG. 7, 1914.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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P. A. NEHRING. INSULATED WIRE SATURATING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG- 7, I914.

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if iz 2 is a specification. i

, PAUL A N'EHRING, or SYEJAMOZBE'L'ILLINOIS.

Inso ATnii-wmn-snrtinariivs iviaoriinn' Be itknown that 1, PAUL State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements =in Insulated-lVire-Saturating Machines, of which the following -This invention relates to ject is to provide a machine of this class of novel and improved Construction. Machines of this class are employed for thepurpose of saturating the woven covering of insulated Wire, with a si' itable compound to provide an insulating substance around the metal wire for protection against the inclemencies of the weather. v

- Another'object of'this invention is to provide means for passing a continuous'strand of insulated wire through a bath comprising a suitable compound,-and' maintaining it in said bath for a comparatively long time, although keeping it inv continuous motion through the bath, and at the sametim'e preventing the wire from piling upon itself and thereby preventin thorough saturation at the places where t e wires might c osseach "claimed' I The inventionisillustrated inthe accom: f

other.

Another object is a). provide a machine where-in a plurality of separate insulated.

Wires'ma y be saturated at one and the same time and with 'diiferent .kinds of wire sat mating;;-s9 P u v or, i

ists n the severe novel Tl18 lIl,Y8I1 tl iQ, features hereinatterifully g se't forthand 'panying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation .of a machine embodying a simple for-moi the present in 1 I vention, part ofthe Wall ofthe tank being broken away to'illustrate parts within the tank; Fig. 2 is a plan thereof; Fig. 3 is a I detail, vertical section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1 Fig. 4 isadetail' side view of a strut and nutswhich are employed in "the con-f struction of the .dipping drums around which the wireis'wrapped; Fig. 5 -is'a perspective view of a cam for actuating certain wire shifters; Fig, dis a side view. of one of the wire shifters; Fig.. 7 is a perspective view of a bearingblock for-the shaft of.the

drum; Fig. 8. a perspective viewoi-a housing for said bearing block; 1g.-9 is a perspective view -of one member of a housmg insulated wire saturating machines and its principal ob-' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18,1916.

Application filedAiigust'f, 1914. Seria1 No.855,69U'.

- or the bearingblocks loca'ted inside of the Within each compartment are rotary, dipto the outside of the side walls.

" extend through said slot and into theihearg.

ping drums, 13, two. being hereshown in each compartment, and said drums are mounted on drive shafts, '14:, journaled in upright, bearing blocks, 15,-which are supported in housings, 16,'secured to the, side Walls of the tank and in housings, 10, secured to the partition, 12 In the 'form of the inventionillustrated the side walls, 12*, are slotted vertically for the reception of the shafts, 14,."and the housings, 16, are bolted Each housing, 16, has a recessed portion, 16 for the reception .of the bearing block, 15, and a bottom portion, ltiffupomwhich said bearing block rests. Therecessed portion facesthe slot'in the. side wall so that the shaft'ma-y ing aperture in the bearing block.

1 'The housings; 10, may each comprise two side members,,10, secured to the-par;-

tition, 12,, and having vertical angle shaped parts, l0 spaced apart to permit the'shaft tokpass therebetween, and havingbottom port Q ns,;1 0,"for the barin'g:blo ck to rest struction and each may comprise two spaced disk-like sides, 21, having a hub fast on the shaft. Secured to and extendingfbe't'ween each' pair .of disks near their peripheral {are arranged'parallel with the drum shaft and formthe open drum. facefof the drum. The insulated wire which ,isto'jbe saturated,-

is wrapped around both drumsin a-compartment, and leads from one drum to the other by making'several turns around each druma; considerablel-ength of wire maybe contained in the-tank at any giventime, and i a. thorough saturation of the j 'wire may be 110 eflectect' 7 Each wire enters the tank through a.

tubular Wire guide, 26, secured to one end wall of the tank in line with the tops of the drums, and near one side thereof (see Figs.

1 and 2), and after being wrapped several times around the adjacent or first drum, is then wrapped several timesaround the other drum and led through a wiper board, 27, secured on the other end .wall; the Wire finally passes out througha hole in said end wall. To prevent the turns of wire from piling upon each other, means are provided for pushing'the wire from the side of the drum at which it winds on to the drum, to

- that side from which it leaves, and a simple form of means is shown. Preferably said means comprise a plurality of wire shifting arms, 24, carried by the drums and movable transversely of the drum face, and cams, 25, for effecting movement across said drum face at least in one direction; said wire shifting farms are shown as extending radially of the drums, and pivoted. to the inner faces of the sides, 21, thereof adjacent the wire guides, 26. Said arms project out through the drum .face'that is, between the struts, 22, and engage theincoming wire. The cams, 25,- are shown as supported from the side walls and .partition of the tank by brackets, 25?. Each cam is in the form of an arc of a circle having the axis of the drum as a center, (see Fig. 1), and it has a cam face arranged to engage the'arms, 24, as they pass by it. Said cam face extends from a point nearest the incoming side of the tank and to one side of the drum, to a point located over the face of the drum and then back to one side thereof, whereby each arm as it moves past the cam is engaged thereby and swung over sutfi-- ciently to shift the wire a distance equal to or greater than the diameter of the wire. In'the construction shown, the wire enters at points near the partition, leaves the first of illustrating the invention. After passingthe cams, 25, the arms, 24, are moved back to their original position, and the means for accomplishlng this result IS lIQIB shown to comprise coiled, compression springs, 24

interposed between the arms, 24, and opposite side, 21, of the drums, said springs being carried by rods, 24, secured to the sides, 21,

of the drums.

The driving mechanism for the drums may conveniently comprise gear Wheels, 19,

secured to the drums or their shafts, 14, pinions, 20, meshing with said gear wheels andmounted upon shafts, l7, journaled in bearing boxes, 18, secured to the side Walls andpartition of the tank. Said shafts, 17, extend beyond the side walls and have sprocket wheels, 29, mounted thereon and sprocket chains, 30, are trained around the sprocket wheels as shown. Power may be applied 1n any suitable manner, andI have shown belt pulleys, 28, on the shafts, 17, at

one end of the tank which may bebelt'ed to any suitable drive pulleys.

In use either or both tanks, as the case may be,,are partially filled with insulating slowly, thereby winding on undipped wire and unwinding the dipped or' saturated Wire which is takenup in any suitable manner.

As the wire shifting arms .pass the cams, they are moved over, thereby pushing or shifting the adjacent, portions of the wire over toward the other sides of the drums,

and as the arms leave, the cams are returned tonormal position by the springs. During a complete revolution of a drum all of the wire thereon is thus shifted over to make room for the incoming wire, thuspreventing it from piling up on the drum face.

I realize that various alterations and modifications of the exact construction shown and described, are possible without departing from my invention, and I desire, therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of the invention shown and described, .but intend in the, following claims to point out all of the invention disclosed herein,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v

1. In a wire saturating machine, a compound containing tank having an'upright slot in its side wall, an upright housing secured on the outside of said wall and cov-.

them crosswise of the drum face.

8. Ina wire saturating machine, a compound receiving tank, a rotary wire dipping amen-ta drum journaled therein, and having an open work drum face, a plurality of wire shifting members carried bysaid drum and having portions projecting beyondand movable across the drum face, and a cam supported by the tank and lying in the path of movement of said wire shifting members,

said cam having a cam face concentric with the aXis of rotation of said drum and ruin ning from one side of the drum toward the other and back.

if In a wire saturating machine, a 001m pound receiving tank, a rotary wire dipping drum journaled thereon and having a drum face comprising a plurality of circumferentially arranged transverse struts, a plurality of wire shifting arms having portions projecting between the struts and movable transversely of the drum face, and means for actuating said wire shifting members.

5. Ina Wire saturating machine, a compound receiving tank, a rotary wire dipping drum journaled therein and having a drum face comprising a plurality of circumferentially arranged transverse struts, a plurality of wire shifting arms havingportions projecting between the struts and movable transversely. of the drum face, a stationarily supported cam having a cam face concentric with respect to the axis of rotation of said drum and acting to move said'wire shifting members in one direction across the face of the drum, and springs bearing against the wire shifting arms and acting to move them in the opposite direction. v

6. In a wire saturating machme, a compound receivingtank, a rotary wire dippingdrum journaled therein and having a drum .face comprising a, plurality of circumfersentially arranged transverse struts, a p111 rality of Wire shifting arms pivoted to said drum and having portions projecting out between said struts, and movabletrans-- versely of the drum, springs carried by the drum and bearing'against said Wire shiftin the path of movement of said Wire shifting arms and arranged to move them in the opposite direction.

7. In a WlI'e saturatlngmach ne, a compound conta1n1ng tank, two wire dipping ing. arms for moving them in one direction and a cam'supported by the tank, and lying drums journaled therein, and in'horizontal alinement with each other, wire shifting members carried by both drums and having portions projecting out through the drum faces, and stationarilysupported cams lying in the path of movement of said wire shifting members and acting to move them transversely of the drum faceslthe wire shifting members and-cam associated With onedrum, being located at one side thereof, and those of the other drum being located at the. op posite side thereof, substantially as and for FRED H. ALDEN, g A. C. NEHRING. 

